Will County IL Archives Biographies.....INGOLDSBY, FELIX 
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FELIX INGOLDSBY, a retired farmer of Troy Township, is one of the oldest 
surviving residents of Will County, having settled here in 1844. He was born in 
Ireland in 1817, and grew to manhood in that country, remaining on a farm there 
until his emigration to America in 1842. He crossed the ocean in thirty days 
and anchored in New York, where he spent two years.  From there he came to 
Illinois and settled in Joliet, where he was employed for five years.  Meantime 
he bought eighty acres of land, which he rented.  In 1849 he joined the great 
throng of gold-seekers and crossed the plains to California as a member of a 
party of about one hundred and thirty.  For almost three years he engaged in 
mining, in which he met with fair success.  On his return he came via the 
isthmus of Panama and Cuba and Jamaica, landing in New York.  There he married, 
and accompanied by his wife, once more came to Will County, this time settling
on section 29, Troy Township, where he now resides.  He began with a farm of 
eighty acres and added to it from time to time until he acquired two hundred 
and forty acres, all of which is in one body.  He made a specialty of cattle-
raising, and also bought and sold horses, in which lines of work he made 
considerable money.  At the time of his settlement in Troy Township there were 
no improvements, land was raw, and neither canal nor railroad had been built.   
All of the improvements on his land were made by him personally, and the fine 
farm represents the results of his industry.  Politically a Democrat, he served 
as highway commissioner and for sixteen years was justice of the peace.  For 
fifty-five years he attended St. Patrick's Catholic  Church in Joliet, but is 
now a member of St. Mary's in Minooka.  In 1852, in New York, he married 
Cecilia Kiernan.  They have three children: Anna Maria, Bernard and Margaret.


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